Grassroots Governance?

by Ray, Donald I.; Reddy, P. S.

• ISBN13: 9781552380802
• ISBN10: 1552380807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Calgary Pr

Summary

Traditional leadership is a factor that has been long overlooked in evaluations of rural local government in much of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa -- this volume addresses it head-on. Case studies drawn from Ghana, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Commonwealth countries in West, East, and Southern Africa, as well as Jamaica are included. An interdisciplinary and intercontinental collection that addresses this gap in dialogue about African politics. The book brings new perspectives on the integration, or reconciliation, of traditional leadership with democratic systems of local government. Features articles from the fields of political studies, law, postcolonial studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and policy and administration studies.

Table of Contents

Summary	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
Rural Local Governance and Traditional Leadership in Africa and the Afro-Caribbean: Policy and Research Implications from Africa to the Americas and Australasia	p. 1
Setting the Ghanaian Context of Rural Local Government: Traditional Authority Values	p. 31
Social Characteristics of Traditional Leaders and Public Views on their Political Role	p. 69
Ghana: Traditional Leadership and Rural Local Governance	p. 83
Chiefs: Power in a Political Wilderness	p. 123
Local Governance in Lesotho: The Central Role of Chiefs	p. 145
Traditional Authorities, Local Government and Land Rights	p. 173
"We Rule the Mountains and They Rule the Plains": The West African Basis of Traditional Authority in jamaica	p. 227
Traditional Leadership and Rural Local Government in Botswana	p. 249
Rural Local Government and Development: A Case Study of Kwazulu-Natal: Quo Vadis?	p. 263
What Role for Traditional Leadership in the "Pluralistic State" in Africa?	p. 287
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